Screen construction



March 10, 1925- 1,529,013

I G, L. LE ROY v semis pousmuc'rxon File'd Jain. 25, 1923 m VENTOR flakkeRq A TTORNHS Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES GUSTAVE LEOIPOLD LE ROY, on CHICAGO, nnmors.

SCREEN 7 CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed January 25, 1923. Serial No. 614,898."

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gus'riivn LnoPoLuLn ROY. a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago. in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Screen Constructions, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in screen constructions, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a screen which may be removably secured to two bolts that are carried by a window frame. whereby the screen may be readily secured in place or removed from the window frame by a person standing on the inside of the window.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which is entirely constructed of metal sections, whereby the screen may be readily assembled.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which makes use of spring clips for securing the screen to bolts that project from the win dow, these clips being readily flexed so as to permit the screen to be attached to or detached from the bolts.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which is simple in construction, durable and eflicient for the purpose intended, and which is not likely to easily get out of order.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification. and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the inner side of the screen, v

Figure 2 is a vertical section through a window showing the screen removably applied thereto,

Figure 3 is a vertical section through a window showing the screen in a vertical. position,

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the screen, and

Figure 5 is an enlarged view of the clip.

In carrying out my invention I provide a metal frame 1 which is adapted to carry a screen 2. The frame 1 is made up of a plu- I rality of sections which are secured to each other by rivets 3 or the like. In the present.

form of the device, I' have shown the upper portion of the frame as consisting of two strips of metal 4 and 5 which are secured to each other by the rivets 3 and which clamp i the screen 2 therebetween. The ends of the strip 5' extend beyond the ends of the strip 4. The sides of the frame 1 are composed of metal strips 6 and 7. It will be noted from Fig. 4 that the strip 6 overlaps the strip 5, whereby the sides of the frame 1 are secured rigidly to the top of the frame. The strip 7 projects-beyond the bottomof the strip 6 and provides a surface through which the bottom of the frame may be secured, this portion consistingof strips 8 and 9.

It will be noted from this construction that I have provided a frame which is com-. posed of two layers secured to each other by rivets and which extends around the en tire frame, these layers being composed of strips which hold the wire mesh 2 therebetween. The screen is adapted to extend from a sill 10 of a window to the bottom rail 11 of the upper window sash 12, v(see Figure The screen is not adapted to be received by the guide strips as is the custom with the ordinary window screens, but it is adapted to be secured to bolts or pins 13 which are aligned with each other and which project inwardly from the sides of the window frame. The screen carries spring clips 14 which are of the shape shown in Figure 4. It will be noted that the free ends of the clips 14 have cam edges 15 which are adapted to engage with the bolts 13. The ends of the clips 13 form hooks 16 which normally prevent the disengagement of the clips 14 from the bolts.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. The screen is of such a width that the sides thereof will frictionally engage withthe adjacent sides of the guide strips 17, (see Figs. 2 and 3). It should be noted, how-. ever, that the screen may be freely moved through the window so as to permit it to be In assembling the posed at a height sufiicient to permit the I bottom of the screen to rest upon the sill 10 when thebolts orpins are received by the clips 14;. The screen isnow inserted into the window frame in the manner shown in Figure 2 and; is secured to the bolts 13 by means of the clips 14. The bolts or pins 13 are readily received by the clips since the movement of the clips into engagement with the bolts 13 will cause the ends or hooks 16 to be cammed outwardly, whereupon the pins will be received within the recesses 18. of the clips. The screen may now be swung into substantially a-vertical position so as to 'cause'the upper portion.

of the screen to. bear against the ra-il 11. The weight of the screen will cause the lower end thereof to rest upon the sill, 10,

shown in Figure 2. He thensprings the ends of the clips 14 so-as to release the clips from the bolts 13. The screen is now freed from the window frame and; may be readily removed therefrom. From this construction, it will be apparent that the screen may be more readily secured to the windowframe or removed from the window frame than can the ordinary screen which is secured to the window, frame by guide strips. The device is preferably made of metal, whereby it Will last a long time. The device is very simplein construction and may be readily assembled so as to form screens of any size desired.

I claim: 7 a

iv The combination with a window frame' of inwardly projecting bolts carried by said frame, a screen, and spring clips carried by said screen, said clips being rigidly secured to said screen adjacent to the sides of said screen and substantially midway between-the top and bottom, said clips being bent at right angles to provide bolt receiving recesses, and heads carried by said clips, said heads having straight edges to form a closure for the recessesand having camsl laped edges adapted to be engaged by the bolts to flex the clips when the screen is being secured to the bolts.

GUSTAVE LEOPOLD LE ROY. 

